Wednesday, August 21, 2013
CONSERVATIVES WOULD LET THE EMOTIONALLY AND MENTALLY DEFICIENT DIE. ISTHAT THEIR IDEA OF PRO LIFE?
Abortion Opponents often say that every child has a Right To Be Born. OK, what about people like Melisa. Obviously, Melisa was born and of course her parents did not know until later that she would never be able to understand relationships at an adult level. But, had Melisa not died at sixteen and were she a real person, since she would have required constant supervision her entire life and there would have eventually come a point at which her parents were no longer physically able to take care of her, she would eventually have become a ward of The State, since her family could not have afforded private life long care outside of the home since they could not even afford private therapy for her autism. Would those who oppose Abortion Rights have supported such an arrangement? Let me answer my own question. NO, OBVIOUSLY NOT since those same people oppose any kind of Rights or Protections for People With Disabilities. They say that a child has a right to be born, but if a child is unable to ever function in a totally independent manner, they do not say that child has a Right to the necessities of a Healthy, Productive Life unless their family has the financial means to ensure it all on their own. Conservatives in fact say that if a person is mentally disabled to the point of being unable to be totally independent and their family lacks the resources to provide lifelong care and or supervision, that that child had The Right to be born but does not have The Right to outlive her or his parents. How can anyone possibly call that Pro Life?
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